Congressman Ro Khanna: India ought to condemn Putin

An influential Indian American Congressman on Sunday said India ought to be condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin for his invasion of Ukraine and New Delhi should not be getting oil from Russia or China. 

Ro Khanna, who represents Silicon Valley in the US House of Representatives and has been critical of India’s current policy on Russia, said it is time for New Delhi to pick sides. 

We ought to rally the world to isolate Putin, Khanna told Fox News in an interview. 

Khanna is also the vice-chair of the US India Caucus, the largest country-specific caucus in the House of Representatives. 

First India should condemn Putin in the UN for the blatant human rights violations. Second, they need to realize, they have to pick sides, he asserted. 

We, the United States, were with them when China invaded India. Putin wasn’t there. And it’s time for them to buy weapons from the United States, not Russia. We’ve got to look at how we can facilitate that and make that easier. We need India as an ally ultimately to contain China, Khanna said. 

In recent weeks, several top American Senators have expressed deep disappointment over India’s position on the Ukrainian crisis. This includes Senate John Cornyn, Republican co-chair of the Senate India Caucus and Indian American Congressman Dr. Ami Bera. 

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